Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Malacca Food Guide

Sick of work. I'm now planning a short trip (yeah..a food trip) to Malacca this Saturday. Browsed thru the internet and I found the ultimate Malacca food guide. Anyway, do drop me a comment if you have some real goodie authentic not-to-be -missed Malacca food to rekomend ^_^

22 comments:

Char Siew Bao
said...

Mmmmm how come the food guide didnt introduce the "Teo-chew" restaurant along jonker street ah? My family went there and had a wonderful seafood feast over there! Restaurant is ez to overlook cuz of its appearance... like a simple kopitiam with the cooking done in the front and only about 6 tables inside. But apparently some famous big names have dine there and their pictures are on the wall.... from Lee Kuan Yew, to Quek Leng Chai (forgive my spelling) and many more!!!! oh and did i mention that the restaurant has been there 4 more that 80+ yrs? (i think its 80+ yrs... i dun have the name card with me rite now to confirm it :P)

there's a really good ikan bakar place at a malay kampung in malacca. fantastic grilled sotong & otak otak, served with nasi lemak. a local brought me there (opens for dinner only), but i dont know how to get there now :(. anyone out there who knows?

kok: haha...dats y i'm doing power exercise now! Every morning swim 10 rounds before goin2 work. After sao gong go work out @ gym...taadaaa..i can eat more this weekend :)

precious pea: yup...stay over for one nite! Sure will tar pau some nyonya kuihs, changs and rice balls ^_^ Anyway I think wiv my big appetite i can sample veli much food there...hehe...btw, i recalled dat last July, i went to malacca for a very short one day trip, ie 3 hours but i mananged to stuff one bowl of laksa, 2 bowls of chendol, one plate of chicken rice balls n some kuihs....so terror *shy shy*

sc: waa...anyone noes the way??? Makes me drool drool.Btw, i think we need to get locals to bring us around malacca to sample the real authentic malacca food. I only noe how to go jonker street :P

I'm going there next week over the weekend. Don't forget to try the original Mille Crepe cake....At Nadese's (according to Jason Mumbles' blog, it's the best). He says it's located at Plaza Mahkota, near Costa Rica Hotel and OUB Bank. Hehe. I'm making sure that I go there and get a comparison with Sec 17 Food Foundry's.

I just visited your blog and read your latest post about your Malaccatrip planning. In my personal opinion, the list that you got wasn'tfrom Flavours magazine but from a local government website, cuti-cutisomething. The file is in PDF format, right? On top of that, the listis way outdated, I mean, seriously, outdated.

1) Hoe Kee Chicken Rice Shop / Chung Wah Chicken Rice Shop @ Jonker StreetThey are said to be rivals and each of them has their own preferenceand loyal customers. For me, both of them are the same and there'snothing to shout about. I don't know why people are so fascinated withthe balls. Heh! However, if you are here on weekends, be prepared toqueue up for at least 1 to 2 hours just to eat the rice. I alwaysprefer to go another shop in Melaka Raya that serves equally decentchicken rice yet I don't have to wait that long.

3) Night Market @ Jonker StreetAt night, Jonker Street will be turned into a night market. Along thestreet, there are many stalls that sell delicious finger food like"dim sum" (4 for RM1.50), Hainanese coffee, kaya toast bread, curryfish balls, "apam balik" and etc. This is the best time for you towalk Jonker Street and yet able to try many cheap and filling fingerfood.

4) BBQ Pork Rice @ Jalan Bunga RayaThis road is the busiest road in Malacca during day time and parkingis superbly limited. The "char siew" rice stall is a shop lot next tothe Jalan Bunga Raya food court (a very small lane between 2 rows ofshops). Business starts from 10am / 11am and the "char siew" is soldout even before 12.30pm. Unless you crave for it, I advice you not togo with the crowd as it is really time consuming. However, do try thesugar cane there! Nice.

5) Noodles @ Lorong Bukit Cina or Melaka RayaForget about the Mee Kahwin. When you are in Malacca, try Malacca'sWantan Mee because the Wantan Mee here is slightly different. Thestall at Lorong Bukit Cina opens after 9pm and closes around 1am. Theone at Melaka Raya operates during day time. What so special aboutMalacca's Wantan Mee is that it is read in colour and doesn't come indark soy sauce like you always get. It's a little soggy and lots ofpork lards.

6) Satay Celup @ Lorong Bukit Cina or Jalan Ong Kim WeeCapitol Satay Celup is very famous among its tourist and Singaporeans.Its always jam packed and you need to wait up to 2 hours just for atable. The sauce has a stronger "serai" and ginger taste but has morevarieties in terms of food. As for the one at Jalan Ong Kim Wee, it'sBan Lee Xiang, which is my favourite. There are ample of tables(expanded their shoplots) and you don't have to queue that long.However, there are less varieties. Depends on your preference, bothserve equally decent Satay Celup and each sauce is different from theother.

7) Dessert @ Newton Food Court or Jalan Temple or Pengkalan Rama (Not sure)Desserts can be every where as its very common in Malacca. Most of theshops are commercialized like the one in Jalan Temple (adjacent toJonker Street). The one at Newton Food Court is nice too and operatesduring dinner hours. The other one serves from 8pm until 3am, which isone of my favourites actually.

9) Nyonya foodIf you want to eat Nyonya food for meals, be prepared to pay for ahefty price. I think it is overrated unless my out station friendsinsist, I won't bring them there. Bibik Neo and Ole Sayang are verypopular choices.

10) Ikan Bakar @ UmbaiThe one SC mentioned is at Umbai, which is about 30 minutes drive fromMalacca town. It's famous for its cheap seafood.

11) Tew Cheow RestaurantThe restaurant is famous for its mutton soup and Tew Cheow dishes.It's not very secluded as it's within walking distance from JonkerStreet also.

12) Taiwanese NoodleIts expensive and not nice; yet I don't know why so many people likesthe stall.

Too many to mention, if you want to know more, visit my blog athttp://jasonmumbles.com/category/eating/eating-in-malacca/ or you cangive me a call at 012-6842434.

If you don't mind and if I can make it, I don't mind bringing you allaround. :)

jason: OMG...this is the longest comment I have ever received. Seriously, thanks alot for the guide. U r such a good Malacca Ambassador. For the best chendol in town, as u mentioned, I think the kedai antik is the shop that i frequent whenever im travelling to malacca. Agree that it serves the best chendol :) I dun think i will manage to savour all the delicacies rekomended by u in 2 days but then again, i'll revisit malacca soon just for ur guide ;p

tien soon: halo there, aiyorr...im so outdated man...thx alot for the info! Will definitely stuff myself with the food rekomended by jason :)